Current Affairs - 17 April 2021 - Current Affairs for Daily General knowledge and to prepare for competitive exams

  1. An additional office of the Labour Bureau was recently inaugurated in Salt Lake City, Kolkata.
  2. Manipur had recently presented its Annual Action Plan under Jal  Jeevan Mission via video conferencing before the committee of the Department of Drinking Wate3r and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
  3. Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State Development of North Eastern Region, had addressed the 'Amazon Sambhav online Summit' recently.
  4. The centre has decided to depute 25 doctors and 75 paramedics from the paramilitary forces at an upcoming 900 bed COVID-19 hospital being set-up by DRDO in Ahmedabad.
  5. Pharma exports from India have witnessed over 18 percent growth to USD 24.44 billion during last financial year (FY 2019).
  6. The DBT (Department of Biotechnology) has announced financial support to four firms including Bharat Biotech International and Haffkine Biopharmaceutical Corporation Ltd, to ramp up production of the indigenously-developed COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN.
  7. Ajay Seth, an IAS officer of Karnataka Cadre's 1987 batch, had took charge as the new Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs, Finance Ministry.
  8. Indigo will not be charging any fees to change time or date on domestic tickets that are booked between April 17 to April 30, 2021.
  9. S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister, held talks recently with Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid.
  10. Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp., has won a NASA contract to develop a system to land astronauts on Moon.   

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